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and a friend of mine. This book has helped me to identify the areas of my life that need change/improvement. I passed the book onto a friend, who is also divorced, and she read it in 1 week! Prior to getting this book, she and I would discuss our feelings/experiences with one another. It was great to find out that what both of us have been going through emotionally is normal. I like that the author quoted Bible verses throughtout the book. Overall, I really like this book and recommend it to everyone who is separated/divorced or if you have a friend who is going through it. God Bless You!

A wonderfully written coping guide written by a woman who has been there. This book takes you step by step through the stages of separation through divorce from a Christian woman. Many bible passages are quoted with suggested passages for daily repeating. A check guide is provided at the end of each chapter to help bring you, your feelings and your life back into balance. A great read for both men and women.

Back in the olden days, this was *the* book on learning to write Mac software. These days, with the fancy OSX, and the built-in development environment, and the other stuff and nonsense that makes it so much easier to write for the Mac, this sort of book is unnecessary.

I mean, "Think C"? System 7? What do those mean, eh? I'm talking to you, sonny.

This book is now only a curiosity in the modern world. A side-show in the circus of programming. If you're interested in how we wrote Mac software back in the middle ages of computing, go ahead and read this book. It's the best book on the subject it covers, for what that's worth.

This is the book that taught me GUI programming. It does not make you feel you are reading one of those "dummies" books, but shows you how the Mac thinks and how to make it do what you want. Each chapter pretty much builds on what was presented before.

Once I read this book (not even entirely), I was able to read O"Reilly & Associates "XLib Programming Manual" (I always wanted to write program in X-windows) and understand it completely. If people say Petzold's book is *The* Microsoft Windows book, this, in my opinion is *The* Mac GUI book. HOWEVER, it is rather outdated: it covers System 7 and Think C 5. but then again, I have Petzold's books on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. ;)

As usual Reed writes with the mad inflammation of an inspired poet. He brings the usual manic energy to his poetic/objective evaluations of Baudelaire, Hopkins, but the best is his writings on David Gascoyne, a little known surrealist poet whom Reed is largely responsible for bringing deserved attention to. Jeremy Reed is a man who knows the plight of the seemingly doomed beings we call great poets.

This is an insightful book about how some poets drove themselves to the edge of madness for their craft. I found the author's description of Gerard Manley Hopkins particularly enlightening as a study of the creative process and the role of observation in that: according to the author, when Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit priest he would roam about the countryside intensly observing things in nature to the bewilderment and amusement of passersby... for instance, he would get down on all fours in the middle of a street and stare at a puddle of water for an hour until he had internalized its "essence", enabling him to then sit down and write out in his poems exactly what he had observered. An interesting book for anyone interested in the creative process, the price of dedication to a work of passion or medium, or as a book on methods of observation.

This book can't be praised highly enough.
The text, the maps, and the illustrations all make it a great reference work. It is amazing to have a book of this quality on the mammals of New Guinea considering that there is nothing even aproaching this standard written about many more accessible parts of South East Asia.

This is a wonderful book. There are very beautiful photographies about mammals of New Guinea, especially bats. Tim Flannery is really a good author. I advice his other book, especially "Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan".

I have often found that the royal road to understanding of another time or of an exotic place or culture leads through side alleys and odd byways. One can grasp more about the strange thought patterns of the Nazi elite, for example, by reading a small book called THE NAZIS AND THE OCCULT than by tackling the big, fat, broadside history book. One of my favorite books about the medieval mind is Jeffrey Burton Russell's LUCIFER: THE DEVIL IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Now Naomi Kline has given us an elegantly produced, beautifully illustrated, classically well-written guide to medieval culture by focusing on a deerskin vellum map housed in Hereford Cathedral, demonstrating yet again the value of the oblique approach to illuminating the spirit of an age.

Kline's work will be definitive for generations of scholars, but it should bring more than equal joy to all who are interested in intellectual and cultural history and who delight in watching the conjuror/scholar produce a series of dazzling effects. The author looks at the Hereford MAPPA MUNDI, with its rich and teeming images, as a storehouse of knowledge, legend, and symbolic approaches to medieval understanding of the cosmos. These images (lavishly and unforgetably reproduced, and supplemented by hundreds from rare sources) include strange and monstrous races of men, animals from the traditional bestiaries dear to the ancient and medieval world, references to the cult of Alexander the Great, and an array of biblical and theological images and symbolism. All are described with lively insight and intelligence by an author who combines dogged scholarship with subliminal humor and zest.

Kline's very significant overarching theme is the value of the map as mnemonic device in a tradition-based culture where literacy was very rare. It served as a publicly accessible synopsis of many complex and familiar themes and legends that were important and significant to medieval society as a whole.

Kline has also created a companion CD ROM with a stylish narration and great imagery that should be a marvellous classroom aid for teachers at all levels. Like all medieval cultural artifacts, the Mappa Mundi abounds in material that will appeal to all ages.

MAPS OF MEDIEVAL THOUGHT is NOT TO BE MISSED by anyone who loves the life of the mind and the incomparable vitality of the middle ages. Expensive, but worth every farthing!!!

Professor Kline's exigesis of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, combining as it does prodigious research, incisive analyses, brilliantly clear writing, and a wealth of detailed illustrations brings the medieval mind to life. It is a work of penetrating scholarship, admirable in every way. An awesome accomplishment!

Five content highlights of C.M. Reed's 2004 book include (1) its annotated traveler's guide to eight Servetus sites in Geneva, Switzerland, (2&3) Pablo Picasso's 1904 drawing "Servetus in the jail of Geneva," is inserted among the dramatizations of Michel Servet's life events (Jane Rzepka's "Diary of Catalina Conesa," from his mother's point of view is vivid), (4) Reed's own poem "Forgiving Calvin," prompts some remorse, and (5) a 22-page index provides easy access to all of the intriguing papers presented. This is not for scholar's only.

For four days in October 2003, Unitarian Universalists from Europe and America met in Geneva to commemorate Michael Servetustheologian, physician and martyr for religious freedom. This is the record of that meeting.

Peter Hughes offers a highly original theological consideration of Servetus' place in the Unitarian Universalist tradition. Elek Rezi's Transylvanian view gives the lie to the oft-repeated claim that Servetus had no lasting impact in his own time. Andrew Hill asks if `UU' origins didn't actually owe more to Calvin than to Servetus.

Other contents include dramatic and devotional material that enrich the remembrance. Excerpts come from plays penned by Henry Warburton Hawkes, Jane Rzepka, and contemporary Hungarian Andras Sütõ, and from meditations written by Clifford Reed, a Unitarian minister in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

As a conference participant wrote, `What was good about Geneva was that it brought Servetus and his thought and faith into our own time. It wasn't just a dry repetition of well-rehearsed history.' This book, with a Foreword by Jill McAllister, past president of the ICUU, brings that experience to a wider audience.

The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) was founded in 1995 as a partnership of member groups in 20 countries: www.icuu.net

Beautiful photobook by Reed Massengill. Black and white photos lovingly created by a great artist. Massengill writes in his notes for the book that he is not a "professional" photographer, and that may be why this photobook is so refreshingly original and magnificent. Massengill concentrates on displaying the beauty of the male form, every line and curve, with attention to detail and devoted respect for his models. This is a small book, can easily fit in your back pocket, but a "must have" for the collector simply because these photos are so good. Highly recommended for the collector.

I knew Reed Massengill when he lived in Atlanta, and I saw much of this book in progress. I envied Reed--the way beauty seemed to gravitate toward him (male and female). Beyond my envy, I appreciated the way Reed was able to capture on film the gentle beauty of his subjects. These are honest, clear portraits without pretense: sexy, strong, youthful--but nonetheless unassuming and approachable. Reed's talent for photography is as natural as the men he photographs

I studied with Scott Reed while he was developing the material for this book. Years later when the book came out I went through it and it is remarkably similar to his lessons. This book is the next best thing to private lessons.

This book not only explains the relationship between scales and chords but shows the application through musical examples. Important concepts are introduced and diagrams are included for visualizing shapes on the fingerboard. A must have reference !

I would recommend this book to anyone who is reasonably accomplished with Excel (or similar) and needs/wants to get more out of the spreadsheet program. For me, it has also proven to be an excellent way to grasp more of the fundamentals of Visual Basic at a quicker pace than the VB3 / VB4 books I have. Mr. Jacobsen (Jacobson?) uses some occasional light humor and rarely uses computer jargon in his book. I really appreciate the emphasis he places on using the macro recorder when convenient to substitute for extensive typing. He also demonstrates that if you don't know how to code something, you can use the macro recorder (which records in Visual Basic code) and then read the generated code. We just began the upgrade to Office 97 at work; when it gets to my machine I'll purchase the next edition of this book so I can keep one copy at home and one at work

This is one of the best computer books I have ever read. I hesitated to buy a "tutorial" type book, but the Excel/Visual Basic book that came with MS Office was not sufficient. Reed Jacobson's writing style was excellant! He made good use of analogies between real world events and Excel/Visual Basic. His use of the Macro Recorder was a clever way to familiarize the reader to the Visual Basic language. Although meant to be a "tutuorial" type book, this book provided the best explanations of objects, procedures and methods that I have found in any book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to increase their efficiency in Excel through customization (i.e., programming w/ Visual Basic)

I really enjoyed the humor and nostalgia of the 40's and 50's. The author certainly knows about what goes on in the minds of teenagers. His characters bring back many memories of this colorful era. I'm not really that much of a sports fan but still found much in the novel to hold my interest.

This is a wonderful story, a real joy to read. I could really relate to Willie Michaels ("Willie Mackerels" to his friends). Willie is a kid with a dream: He wants to become a major league baseball player. But Willie isn't a great athlete, and in his senior year of high school he finds himself playing with the Happy Valley Milk Maids, who have hit rock bottom. Willie also dreams of Trudy Trammell, but his chances of gaining Trudy's affections seem as unlikely as the Milk Maids' chances of winning a game.

The book runs the range of human emotions, but mostly it was just a lot of fun to read. Mike Clarke knows how to tell a story. His writing style is very quick and entertaining, and The Migration of Willie Mackerels is a delightful novel. I highly recommend it.